Mike Glazer

I retired officially in 2010 but continue to engage in research and some teaching for Oxford Colleges and the Department of Physics. I am Emeritus Fellow of Jesus College Oxford. I am also an intrepid pilot of light aircraft.

Our paper The missing boundary in the phase diagram of PbZr1-xTixO3 . Nature Comms., 5, 5231 (2014) has been awarded the Spriggs Prize by the American Ceramic Society.

In August 2014 I was elected Vice President of the International Union of Crystallographyhttp://www.iucr.org
Much of my time is now spent in bringing the subject of Crystallography to public attention, as it is relatively unknown. Here are some relevant examples:

Film on the Legacy of the Braggs: see http://www.diamond.ac.uk/Home/News/LatestNews/02-09-14.html

My field of research is in the area of Crystallography, with particular interest in the relationship between crystal structures and physical properties. Most of the materials studied are perovskites, which exhibit many different structure types and phase transitions. I am particularly interested in understanding the optical behaviour of crystals in terms of the known crystal structures. For this we use a combination of techniques, including x-ray (both in the laboratory and at synchrotron sources) and neutron diffraction, and polarization microscopy. I am also engaged in research into new techniques that can be applied to the study of crystalline materials. Some years ago, this interest led to the establishment of Oxford Cryosystems (see www.oxfordcryosystems.com) , which soon became the world leader in supplying low-temperature equipment to crystallographers world-wide.

I consult for a number of legal firms as an expert witness in patent litigations. I also serve on the board of Oxford Cryosystems Ltd.